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Ed White, Associated Press | Posted Aug 2nd - 9:20am

A Detroit-area community that targeted blacks by demolishing poor neighborhoods is scrambling to come up with money to finally end the case — 44 years after a federal judge found clear evidence of discrimination.

The Associated Press | Posted Aug 1st - 9:11pm

Subway's "sandwich artists" cranked out a record number of their lunchmeat masterpieces in Las Vegas on Saturday.

Michelle Rindels, Associated Press | Posted Aug 2nd - 2:31pm

Republicans angry that Nevada lawmakers approved a $1.1 billion tax package this spring, just months after voters overwhelmingly rejected a tax hike on the ballot, are launching efforts to repeal it and kick some of its backers out of office.

Michelle Faul, Associated Press | Posted Aug 2nd - 11:21am

Nigeria's army is reviewing the courts-martial of more than 600 soldiers and officers, including dozens condemned to death for allegedly deserting the battle against Islamic extremists, according to an order received by The Associated Press on Sunday.

Rik Stevens, Associated Press | Posted Aug 2nd - 10:41am

Plenty of raw electricity sloshes around in Quebec's rivers and reservoirs, promising relief for U.S. northeasterners, who pay the nation's highest power costs. But getting those electrons to smartphones and air conditioners in Boston, Hartford and New York City is another matter entirely.

The Associated Press | Posted Aug 2nd - 10:10am

An Idaho craft brewery has to change the name of its most popular beer after facing a cease-and-desist letter from another brewer.

The Associated Press | Posted Aug 2nd - 9:51am

Iran said Sunday it will stop giving cash handouts to another million of its wealthiest citizens in order to ease a budget crisis caused in part by plunging oil prices and sanctions linked to its disputed nuclear program.

A nonprofit trying to improve Vermillion's downtown cultural attractions has acquired two historic movie theaters with help from the University of South Dakota and other groups.

Wade Livingston-Mail, Associated Press | Posted Aug 2nd - 7:50am

"You know the worst part about this?" Pam McDevitt joked last Tuesday as she picked up her weekly load of produce. "The pressure to use up all this" — she gestured to the corn and cantaloupes and tomatoes — "before Sunday!"

The Associated Press | Posted Aug 2nd - 6:20am

Malaysian official: New debris found in Reunion belongs to 'domestic ladder,' not a plane part.

Josh Lederman, Associated Press | Posted Aug 1st - 11:50pm

President Barack Obama will impose even steeper cuts on greenhouse gas emissions from U.S. power plants than previously expected, senior administration officials said Sunday, in what the president called the most significant step the U.S. has ever taken to fight global warming.

A Kentucky hospital locked down its emergency room for nine hours Saturday, after a patient arrived covered with sores and doctors feared a potential threat to the public's health.

The Associated Press | Posted Aug 1st - 8:01pm

A grand jury has indicted Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton on felony securities fraud charges that accuse the Republican of misleading investors before he took over as the state's top law enforcement officer, a special prosecutor said Saturday.

Julie Bykowicz, Associated Press | Posted Aug 1st - 7:41pm

Billionaire industrialist and conservative political donor Charles Koch welcomed a group of roughly 450 like-minded fundraisers to one of his twice-annual conferences Saturday by challenging them to advocate for ending "corporate cronyism" - even if those policies help their businesses.

Ron Todt, Associated Press | Posted Aug 1st - 5:41pm

The manufacturer of the jet that crashed on takeoff in Massachusetts last year, killing the co-owner of The Philadelphia Inquirer and six other people, has reported a problem with a fail-safe system that can allow the planes to reach high speeds on the runway even if they are prevented from taking off.